Natural Resources category: 648 books
Ireland
A Smithsonian Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Ireland conjures up images of nature's majesty: sweeping coastlines, rolling green hills, and secluded peat bogs and marshlands. A place of legendary beauty, it is also a land with a rich natural history. Michael Viney invites us to discover the geologic forces that created the island, peer into the...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Get Everything You Need To Know To Get Started With Helping The Earth And Going Green! Is the fact that you would like to learn how to live in a more green manner and help out Mother Earth but just don't know how to get started making you feel really bad... maybe you have even thought about just...
by Robert Armitage Sterndale
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale.This book will tell you about natural history research in early times.It contains the broad feilds of palaeontology,zoology,and botany.
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Discover the wonders of alternative fuel and how you can save money using it! Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At Using Alternative Fuel!
Many people in this world are not aware of the fact that the use of alternate fuels will be the best answer to the needs of those...
Cities at Risk
Planning for and Recovering from Natural Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
As levels of urbanization increase around the world, the growing concentrations of population and economic activity increases vulnerability to natural disasters. Interdependencies among urban populations mean that damage to the built environment, including water, sewer and energy infrastructure, can...
Parks and People
Managing Outdoor Recreation at Acadia National Park
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Parks and People describes fifteen years of research at Maine’s Acadia National Park, conducted by Robert E. Manning, his colleagues, and students. The book is organized into three parts. Part I addresses indicators and standards of quality for park resources and the visitor experience. Part II...
Divided Waters
Bridging the U.S.-Mexico Border
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Among all natural resource and environmental problems between the United States and Mexico, water has been the most troublesome, with ongoing historic contests over water supply becoming superseded by new controversies over water quality. Divided Waters analyzes the politics of water management along...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
This book analyzes water policies in South Asia from the perspective of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). It seeks to address the problems of water scarcity, conflict and pollution resulting from the gross mismanagement and over-exploitation of this finite resource. Highlighting the need...
Droughts and Integrated Water Resource Management in South Asia
Issues, Alternatives and Futures
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
Droughts have formed an inseparable part of South Asian history and culture, with tragic consequences for a region that houses the greatest number of the world’s poor. However, this volume challenges the popular conception of drought, which is presented as an absolute shortage-scarcity with respect...
Hydrosocial Territories and Water Equity
Theory, Governance, and Sites of Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of scholars and diverse case studies from across the globe, this book explores the management, governance, and understandings around water, a key element in the assemblage of hydrosocial territories. Hydrosocial territories are spatial configurations of people,...
by Justin Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
This is part one of an introduction to the natural history of Sydney's Wolli Creek Valley. The Valley contains the last substantial remnants of the natural environment in the city's inner south-west. Even though it is quite small it contains a variety of habitats, ranging from tidal mudflats,...
Sustainable Sludge Management
Resource Recovery for Construction Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Converting sludge into construction materials is deemed to be a sustainable approach to alleviating sludge disposal problems and conserving natural resources.
This compendium presents the state-of-the-art development in recycling sludge into construction materials. A research-based development...
Superpower
Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2019
The fog of Australian politics on climate change has obscured a fateful reality: Australia has the potential to be an economic superpower of the future post-carbon world.
We have unparalleled renewable energy resources. We also have the necessary scientific skills. Australia could be the natural...
Water Resources
Efficient, Sustainable and Equitable Use
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Water is a vital part of every ecosystem on the planet. It is a prerequisite for the basic function and productive efficiency of life on Earth. Today, approximately a third of the earth's population suffers because of water scarcity, and by the year 2025, this percentage is likely rise to two-thirds....